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5/28/2013 11:45PM

D11: Is Apple Getting More Open?

Apple CEO Tim Cook didn't announce a new TV. Or a new watch. Nor would he give any real hints on that front. But he did say that Apple would be opening the iPhone up a bit further for developers who want to make deeper-level tweaks to the system.

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... or there's a lot of terminology means that all versus closed ... others ... tricky words actually has the email and things are and but there certainly is a level of ... I told us to secure ration ... one might say ... you're not just in your app store but ... in other things on and on TV a ... couple of examples ... aam ... so Facebook to this Facebook Home thing on Android ... and ... it basically ... took over the Android phone ... if you were deep and it hasn't done very well for as we can tell ... but ... it's an interesting idea that ... Eric Schmidt was one of our Cox's recently and said ... great find to break any of our rules but in effect ... a takeover the lock screen you maybe didn't ... get to that ... somebody else's service ... that was down in the palm ... that my first inning as they came and talk to you about it and people told me ... will Apple just wouldn't ... ever let anybody take over the lock screen ... I am really desperate to make another example ... you ... you did come out of the first certain ... modern smartphone ... it changed again ... that your keyboard and year ... of recognition ... and and ... predictive typing in all I can step in my opinion has not ... kept pace with what ... is going on on the Android side and some other and were prisons even the new BlackBerry keyboard ... because they allow other people ... to make keyboard technology ... Priceline by it ... I guess rim of ... the licensed and or something but ... the third parties can actually ... give you a choice the user of the board ... so most people may know more about typing ... and predictive typing than some of the people in Cupertino not always the summit in ... Seoul ... indeed given any thought to be a little bit less control ... yes of course um ... on the general topic of the bidding of API and switch ... after four years ... focus on it ... I think you'll see ... this ... open up more ... in the future ... um ... but not to the degree ... that we put the costs are at risk of having a ... a bad experience ... and so there's always a ... there's always a ... fine line to walk there are maybe not so far in some cases ... but we think that the costs were paid sauce ... to make certain choices on their behalf ... instead of going and and I've seen ... in some settings on these phones with a big year year deep into the bulk of the thing choosing this and that the other in the other ... I don't think that's what most customers will do some wanted yes of course but ... is that ... mainstream costs from what I don't think so ... bought ... will we open up more yes ... we are more features and ... on the territories your mouth we always say maybe more features that will be ... third party ... companies to offer solutions yes or on the phone with us the bobble heads onto your screen ... just run crazy ... the face of the moments ... bright nail we've ... you know we've ... both companies work on integrating into the collapse in the feedback I'm getting from ... customers is that they really like that ... um ... that doesn't mean that's an in point I think there's always more that companies can do ... together I'm not sure that's one bit ... but ... I keep the relationship between the companies are good and will come up with more more